Higher Ed. Reauthorization: Even Longer than Elephant Gestation
Elephants take 22 months to gestate. HERA took 60 months.
But our HERA has finally been “born,” signed into law yesterday by President Bush, despite the administration’s objections to the numerous grants included in the legislation. HERA is definitely a bouncing chunk o’ legislation, with 1,158 pages and many regulations, mandates and programs. Now “negotiated rulemaking” begins, a process in which the Department of Education determines exactly what the 1,158 pages mean, and how to enforce the regulations.
Stay tuned. We’ll send pictures of the first steps when we get ‘em.